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Message #06786



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Senior kyled@scruznet.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 16:31:28 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: easytrax!!!!!!!!!!!


Your problem is with DOS/Window filename incompatibility. DOS doesn't
allow for spaces in file and dir names, but windows (95!) does. In order
to access that dir from DOS, you need to use the following format:

first_6_letters_without_spaces~1

so that the directory you should enter is
c:\progra~1\pcbdes~1\

And voila!

Happy PCing,
Kyle

PS: I'm not sure if this will work with the install program, but in DOS,
if you want to utilize the windows file name format, put "'s (quotes)
around the file name, like this:
cd "c:\program files\pcb design"
You can omit the last quote if your lazy. :)

Chris wrote:
>
> Can someone help me install easytrax? I got it off zoelen's web page.
>
> I extracted it to C:/Program Files/PCB design/ and ran the install program and the install screen came up, and for the destination and source drive I put C and typed in
> C:/Program Files/PCB design/ where it asked for the destination path, and I got an error message of invalid path name, I tried a few other paths simaler to the last and it still dosn't work. someone help me.


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